Dave PawsonSenior Scientist

• Phone: 202-633-1757
• Fax: 202-633-0182
• E-mail: pawsond@si.edu


• Mailing Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  PO Box 37012, MRC 163
  Washington, DC 20013-7012
  


• Courier Delivery Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  National Museum of Natural History
  10th and Constitution Ave, NW
  Washington, DC 20560-0163
  

Responsibilities: Senior Research Scientist, Curator of Echinoderms

Education: B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Victoria University, New Zealand

Research Interests: Echinoderms, especially sea cucumbers and sea urchins - taxonomy, ecology, reproductive biology.

Professional Activities: Council, Biological Society of Washington. Adjunct Faculty member, Harvard University, The American University, Johns Hopkins University

Recent Publications:

Pawson, David L. and Pawson, Doris J. 2013. Bathyal sea urchins of the Bahamas, with notes on covering behavior in deep sea echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.023

Scholz, Joachim, Hoeksema, Bert W., Pawson, David L. and Ruthensteiner, Bernhard 2012. Ludwig Döderlein (1855-1936): Some aspects of his life, research, and legacy. Spixiana, 35(2): 177-191.

Mercier, Annie, Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. and Hamel, Jean-Francois 2010. First record of the sea cucumber Trachythyone nina (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Canadian waters, with a redescription of the species and notes on its distribution and biology. Marine Biology Research, 6(3): 315-320. doi:10.1080/17451000903233805

Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. and King, Rachael A. 2010. A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zootaxa, 2449: 1-48.

Mironov, Alexandr N. and Pawson, David L. 2010. A new genus and species of Western Atlantic sea lily in the family Septocrinidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Bourgueticrinida). Zootaxa, 2449: 49-68.

Pawson, David L. and Vance, Doris J. 2010. Austin Hobart Clark (1880-1954): his echinoderm research and contacts with his colleagues. In: Harris, Larry G., Boettger, S. Anne, Walker, Charles W. and Lesser, Michael P., Echinoderms: Durham. Proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference, Durham, New Hampshire, USA, 7-11 August 2006.. CRC Press, pp.xxv-xxxvi.

Mah, Christopher, McKnight, Donald G., Eagle, Michael K., Pawson, David L., Ameziane, Nadia, Vance, Doris J., Baker, Alan N., Clark, Helen E. S. and Davey, Nicola 2009. Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, Dennis P., New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, pp.371-400.

Pawson, David L., Vance, Doris J., Messing, Charles G., Solis-Marin, Francisco and Mah, Christopher 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Camp, David K., Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Texas A&M University Press, pp.1177-1204.



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